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Great though that list is, I think a large part nostalgia. There are loads of great games being made these days but as adults we're more cynical and don't have
by teamonkey 15y ago
Great though that list is, I think a large part nostalgia. There are loads of great games being made these days but as adults we're more cynical and don't have the time to immerse ourselves.
- moomin 15y agoI quite agree that there are still plenty of great games being made, but there are very few games like the ones on the list. Hostile Waters and Battlezone were cracking first person RTSes. Sacrifice is pretty much the only other game like it, and that's old as the hills as well. Torment, again, is a game that no-one makes anymore. The storytelling in something like Mass Effect 2 is excellent, but it's a Jerry Bruckheimer movie. The sheer out and out weirdness of some of the story-telling in Torment has yet to be surpassed. Deus Ex and Thief/Thief 2 were vastly better than their sequels, and it seems unlikely anyone will ever make a game quite like Deus Ex again. Even with the best will in the world, a modern 8 hour game isn't going to have the same depth as a 20 hour RPG.